Truss.



' No. 627,807." Patented lune 27, I899.

' w. H. HARRINGTON.

TRUSS.

Application filed Mar. 28, 1899.) V

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NVILLIAM H. HARRINGTON, OF SALAMANCA, NEIV YORK.

TRUSS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 627,807, dated June 2'7, 1899.

Application filed March 2 8,1899. $erial No. 710,782. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that l, WILLIAM H; HARRING- TON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Salamanca, in the county of Cattaraugus and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trusses; and I do hereby declare the following to be a. full, clear, and exact description of the invention,

' such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. My invention has relation to improvements in trusses for holding and maintaining ab- .dominal protrusions; and the object is to provide a hernia-pad provided with improved yielding and spring functions, whereby the pad will automatically adjust itself to the part affected, while at the same time acommodate the appliance to all the usual movements of the body without inconvenience or annoyance to the wearer.

The invention therefore consists in the novel construction of parts and their combination, as will be fully described, and then particularly pointed out in the claims.

I accomplish the purposes of the invention by the constructions and means illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a front view of my improved truss, having the attaching-band connected thereto. Fig. 2 is a transverse section through the pad, showing the cap and the yielding central pivot and spring-holding pin. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the pivotal support for the spring. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective of the spring.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the pad, which is made of any material suited to the purpose, such as wood or vulcanized rubber, polished to obviate friction of the part on which it rests, and may be of such shape and size as will best serve its purpose. I have illustrated it as being circular, With a central rounded swell 1 on its under or inner face and annular outer bead 2, leaving a circular depression 3 between the central swell and the outer bead, substantially as indicated, whereby the bowel is held normally within the wound, and the outer ring or bead tending to prevent protrusion by keeping an extended internal pressure away from the walls of the wound.

B designates a circular plate or disk secured centrally to the outer face of the pad and formed with a central dome-shaped recess 4 and central aperture 5 to receive and hold the pivotal holding pin or bolt 6, on which the spring is supported. This holding-pin 6 is disposed through the aperture in the plate B, with its head against the under side thereof, and is held in place to turn in the aperture, and so that it may have a limited yielding or tilting play, by a nut screwed down on the threaded shank of the pin to a point desired.

0 designates the spring, consisting of a single piece of metal wire formed with a central eye 7, which takes over the pin 6 and has its bearing thereon and held in position by means of a washer 8, held onthe pin by swaging the end of the pin down, substantially as indicated. The opposite ends of the bar of the spring are formed with eyes and the bars then bent back on opposite sides of the main bar thereof, substantially as indicated at 9 9 and are formed with eyes 10 at their ends, the parts 9 9 being directed inward, so as to rest with a proper pressure on the circular plate B, adjacent to the edge thereof, as shown. The eyes in the free ends of the parts 9 E) may have double-head rivets secured therein, so as to move easily on the central plate and so that the metal of the eyes will not interfere with the clothing of the wearer. The plate B may be formed with an integral sleeve 11, in which is hung a buckle 12, with the crotch-strap adjustablyconuected in'the usual manner. The pad may be held and secured in position to the wearer by any proper system and arrangement of bands and straps. I have illustrated a simple arrangement of straps consisting of a body-strap Sand a crotch-strap S and provided with suitable buckles b l) at the ends, the preferable style of buckles having hooks to engage in the eyes formed at the outer ends of the spring, as-indicated in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

4 It will be perceived that when the spring 0 is secured to the pad by the pivotal connection, andthe free ends of the spring rest on the face of the plate on the pad, by reason of the inclined relation of the bars of the spring, the plate will exert a yielding pressure on the pad at opposite points, and at the same time the play of the pivotal pin will permit the connection of the spring to the pad also to have a play or movement to accommodate 1 movements of the pad and connections consequent on the, movements of the body.

The application of the appliance is as follows: A body-band, with the crotch-strap adjustably or slidingly secured thereto, is connected to one end of the pad-spring, and then the pad is placed over the breech. The bodystrap may then be secured around the body and to the other end of the spring, andthen the crotch-strap is brought around from behind and its end fastened to the buckle on the pad.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a truss the combination of a pad and a pressure-spring consisting of a single piece of wire formed with an eye in the middle of its longer or main bar, and having its opposite ends bent backward toward the main bar, and having eyes formed in its opposite ends adapted to bear on the truss-pad and a pivotal fastening passed through the eye of the main bar forming a fulcrum for the spring; whereby a play or movement is given by said pivotal fastening to the spring to accommodate the movements of the pad and connection on the movements of the body.

2. A truss-pad comprising a suitable pad, a spring consisting of a single piece of wire formed with an eye in its middle, and having the ends turned back on opposite sides of the main bar and adapted to bear on the outer face of the pad, and a pivot-pin through the middle eye of the spring and fastening it to the pad, substantially as described.

3. A truss-pad, comprising a pad, a pivotal fastening-pin secured in the pad, a spring consisting of a single Wire pivotally secured to and supported on the pin and having its ends turned back upon itself and adapted to bear on the face of the pad on opposite sides of the pivotal support.

4:. A truss comprising a pad, a plate secured to the outer face of the pad, a pivotal pin loosely secured in the plate, a spring pivotally supported on said pin, and consisting of a single piece of wire having its ends bent back to lie on opposite sides of the main bar and to bear on the face of the said plate, a buckle secured to the pad, a body-band secured to the respective outer ends of the spring and a crotch-band secured to the bodyband and adapted to be adjustably connected to the buckle on the pad.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM "H. HARRINGTON.

Vitnesses:

WALLACE MURDOOK, I). G. STUART. 

